Arbitrary Directory Deletion Vulnerability in Assistant for NextGEN Gallery Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2025-7641

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Assistant For Nextgen Gallery
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-7641?

The Assistant for NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress contains a critical vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary directories on the server. This is due to inadequate validation of file paths within the /wp-json/nextgenassistant/v1.0.0/control REST endpoint, affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.9. Exploiting this vulnerability could lead to significant disruptions and could jeopardize the availability of the affected server.

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Affected Version(s)

Assistant for NextGEN Gallery * <= 1.0.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/assistant-for-n...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Youcef Hamdani
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